Author Buzz | Jason Latnar | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/jasonlatnar/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Jason Latnar is a member. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:05:07 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 a770f1ad1face7ca41b360ad59701b6e Jason Latnar edited the blog post The last year of your life was a dream in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-last-year-of-your-life-was-a-dream/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:58:36 +0100 The last year of your life was a dream Today you woke up to discover that it is one year ago. Maybe the last year was “only a dream”? You have doubts. What do you do next?

]]> 43b583e1fa23db77a5d00b69c20ab83f Matthew Brown replied to the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/#post-5273 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:11:27 +0100 Something flagged it as spam. I’ve unspammed it.

]]> 0 186b70d6db78043b74ad995c009e19a8 Matthew Brown replied to the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/#post-5272 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:04:56 +0100 It shouldn’t do that.

Leave it with me, I’ll try to figure out what went wrong.

]]> 0 cacea5ae25b42c364716770e37c39590 Sam Smith started the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:03:38 +0100 I’ve posted about my new book twice, and it is gone. Twice. Help!!

]]> 0 27eb8e4e1b17d4926b1e657e0cc65efe Matthew Brown edited the blog post Is my idea good enough? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://thanetcreative.co.uk/2026/08/is-my-idea-good-enough/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:58:11 +0100 Is my idea good enough? As you sit down to write that story that’s been burning in your mind, it is not unusual to ask, “Is this idea any good?” As questions go, few others […]

]]> fece87b3667de179b83f10ed4489cfa2 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Journaling prompt: The lie and the truth in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/non-fiction/journaling/journaling-prompt-the-lie-and-the-truth/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:31:46 +0100 Journaling prompt: The lie and the truthIdentify a lie you believe and the truth that must replace it. For example: “I’m an imposter” must be replaced with “My work is valid and I […]

]]> 27e1004865901720b42e85d96515e655 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic How's the weather where you are? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hows-the-weather-where-you-are/#post-5265 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:26:59 +0100 You can say that again.

]]> 0 2159baf8df56bfc1f35fd7645eff85a1 Charles Maxwell joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18710/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:26:41 +0100 0 15cfdb0999e078c4531c6c4b30234b36 Toni McHadden replied to the topic How's the weather where you are? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hows-the-weather-where-you-are/#post-5264 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:38:58 +0100 Far too hot here too

]]> 0 00bc5246e8d62efe2dd29879ed89d743 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Author Buzz HQ: We've got a lot of forum groups with very little activity. I […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18708/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:36:57 +0100 We’ve got a lot of forum groups with very little activity. I was thinking that I should maybe fold some forums into general chat for now. Thoughts?

]]> 0 3592cd78a14e0e0419bcac8fff01414b Matthew Brown started the topic You probably want THIS bit in the forum Writing prompts and inspirations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/the-muse-of-last-resort/forum/topic/you-probably-wnt-this-bit/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:34:11 +0100 The forum here doesn’t get used all that often, you might want the prompts feed:

https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/the-muse-of-last-resort/home/

]]> 0 eee5d887e146a85765bd415f595b6057 Matthew Brown started the topic How's the weather where you are? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hows-the-weather-where-you-are/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:31:59 +0100 I’m too hot.

How are you all doing?

]]> 0 f40118d76168cf0ffe30887731550640 Blog: Radiant Star, Ann Leckie from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/Radiant_Star__Ann_Leckie.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2026 SF, set in the same universe as the Imperial Radch series but not
part of the trilogy. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star is a
pilgrimage site on the […]

]]> 0 d4857e84d7e4387798cc17bf9b194e59 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Author Buzz HQ: So, I streamlined the front page because it looked nasty on mobile. https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18675/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:17:25 +0100 So, I streamlined the front page because it looked nasty on mobile.

]]> 0 a1f78e37bc359f2b9d242feb9f45e5f2 Blog: A Little Time by Lavinia Liang from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/a-little-time-lavinia-liang/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:05:45 +0100 When people from the past and future begin appearing around town, the residents learn that every encounter is brief – and that knowing more is not always the same a […]

]]> 0 7beba1120f6d3cf4aa9f35a9fdb661aa Blog: Crisis on Infinite Earths from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/08/crisis-on-infinite-earths.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:30:56 +0100 Back in the day, comic books were straightforward things. Superman or Batman would fight crime, tie up the bad guys and finish the story in twenty or so colourful […]

]]> 0 c8c7939f96be815d35787bfb6ba0b829 Blog: The Cloak and Its Wizard, R. Z. Nicolet from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/The_Cloak_and_Its_Wizard__R__Z__Nicolet.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 fantasy. The Cloak of Sunset and Starlight is a major
artifact—meaning it has a mind of its own. It’s been sitting in the
vault of the Order of the Open Eye s […]

]]> 0 e490187db51b1fb1d85e885833eb36d6 Blog: A House By Any Other Name, Jenny Schwartz from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/A_House_By_Any_Other_Name__Jenny_Schwartz.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2024 fantasy, linked to the Uncertain Sanctuary series. Raisa is a
lawyer who gets tapped as the advocate for a newly-discovered alien
species. By the time she gets […]

]]> 0 de6c1cccd747a8fb171653792abc47f0 Blog: Litro Readers’ Choice 2026: Read the Ten Shortlisted Stories from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/litro-readers-choice-2026-read-the-ten-shortlisted-stories/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:00:06 +0100 Flash Friday · Readers’ Choice 2026

We have brought together ten short pieces from Litro’s recent Flash Friday publications.

Read the sele […]

]]> 0 28ccf8302ddc8292a6c5dc2f794786a1 Blog: The Chinese Shawl, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/The_Chinese_Shawl__Patricia_Wentworth.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:05:00 +0100 1943 mystery/thriller, fifth in the Miss Silver series. Laura Fane
is newly of age, and in London to take charge of her inheritance. She
meets a smashing young man, […]

]]> 0 7d7e5bf77d6d510c139165dbf41d617a Blog: The End of the World from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/the-end-of-the-world-caroline-taylor/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:16:06 +0100 A dying grandmother, a difficult family and an abandoned cigarette force one woman to decide what she owes the living and the dead.
The post The End of the World […]

]]> 0 3c28111dd6aa65a9394e7806adeaf160 Blog: A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/A_Drop_of_Corruption__Robert_Jackson_Bennett.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 fantasy mystery, second in the series. On the border of the
Empire, a new member of the mission negotiating with a petty kingdom
has disappeared from his room […]

]]> 0 2136c809a0793c602be9120a533e3480 Blog: A 20-second movie about time travel from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/a-20-second-movie-about-time-travel/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:35:00 +0100 0 1ef6ddd304d505b5bfe01be5f05205af Blog: In the Cold Dark Ground, Stuart MacBride from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/In_the_Cold_Dark_Ground__Stuart_MacBride.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2016 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, tenth in the Logan
McRae series. A missing-persons investigation has just turned up a
body in the woods, killed and […]

]]> 0 bb30111f4d92dab33663bc8422e73d7d Blog: Changing Tides- Heike Rentel from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/changing-tides/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:21:47 +0100 Once the wife of Comrade Commissaire, she now sells fish in the market — and learns that scales may outlast diamonds.
The post Changing Tides- Heike Rentel a […]

]]> 0 fd5bade3a7c5e88c54b24aad58f2ddcb Blog: Nobody's Baby, Olivia Waite from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Nobody_s_Baby__Olivia_Waite.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2026 science fiction mystery novella. Dorothy Gentleman, ship’s
detective aboard a starship on a thousand-year voyage, is confronted
with something that simply […]

]]> 0 5b7d706f43208741acbc0a7ca01161ce Blog: Yours Wickedly, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Yours_Wickedly__Stephanie_Burgis.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 fantasy-romance epistolary short story. The Wild Witch of the
Withering Woods writes to the Wicked Wizard of the Westering Waste in
order to get back the […]

]]> 0 01e9f18fb5649560b500e30552cd0567 Blog: Cart and Cwidder, Diana Wynne Jones from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Cart_and_Cwidder__Diana_Wynne_Jones.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1975 children’s fantasy, first of a loose series but it stands alone.
After the last king died, Dalemark was effectively divided between its
Earls, and the South is […]

]]> 0 3670785832255a2097c4a42b4d153a15 Blog: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-daughter-of-time-by-josephine-tey.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:27:22 +0100 Inspector Alan Grant is stuck in hospital with a broken leg, so his friend Marta, knowing his interest in physiognomy, brings him a some pictures of historical […]

]]> 0 65a8f2cbfe7b6d8ffa754e06147d711c Blog: Constance- Peter Arscott from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/constance-peter-arscott/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:46:53 +0100 Constance Burridge has spent a lifetime caring about words, precision and independence. In a care home that has reduced her to routines and reports, one outrageous […]

]]> 0 4dd5fabe9e6b8e312e10a21c04a14f45 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Queen of the world in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/queen-of-the-world/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0100 Queen of the world The story of Eden told from Eve’s point of view as a high fantasy epic that is told over the 930 years of Eve’s life. Feel free to expand or use […]

]]> 84597213b52c0167af2745493420775d Blog: A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Honeymoon_of_Grave_Consequence__Stephanie_Burgis.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2025 romantic fantasy novella, second of its series. Margaret Lady
Riven is on honeymoon with her vampire husband, at an inn in the
middle of the Black Forest…

]]> 0 65d4ef586b96d49dc2fd438d6b4e1a3f Matthew Brown commented on the post, July 2026 Divestment, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt https://lordmatt.co.uk/matts-stuff/projects-and-ideas/july-2026-divestment/#comment-22123 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:35:29 +0100 I’m surprisingly lacking in the proper diagnosis front. Formally, I have dyslexia. I have been told by an authoritative doctor who “was not allowed to say so officially” that I am dyspaxic (that too runs in the […]

]]> d1b7dc2a0a9ffa7dddfe8b39689f82da Blog: Gliberty Glop – Harry Pearse from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/gliberty-glop-harry-pearse/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:21:54 +0100 A password, a doorway and two people who think they are playing entirely different games.
The post Gliberty Glop – Harry Pearse appeared first on Litro Magazine.

]]> 0 72cd2311c94153786c3ccf414a51fb28 Blog: What Survives the Machine: Tony Raven on Knowledge, Trust and the Digital Dark Age from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/art-technology/what-survives-the-machine-tony-raven-on-knowledge-trust-and-the-digital-dark-age/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:45:04 +0100 Tony Raven, former Chief Executive of Cambridge Enterprise, talks about tacit knowledge, the fragility of digital memory, AI and the people and institutions that […]

]]> 0 1a845c591e95ccc9f31a0169ee0bc7e2 Blog: Murder Crossed Her Mind, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Murder_Crossed_Her_Mind__Stephen_Spotswood.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2023 mystery, fourth in its series. Pentecost and Parker are engaged
to look into the disappearance of an elderly woman with a photographic
memory.

]]> 0 9c2c47f0f54fc181150a402bf819ae66 Blog: FLASH! Time Travel Short Film from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/flash-time-travel-short-film/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:16:23 +0100 0 9d8b03adae2b47751197cbb5eb69a0f5 Blog: My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/my-only-friend-is-a-robot-named-beans/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:59:39 +0100 I loved this short sci-fi. It was written by Anika Kan Grevstad and features fantastic visuals along with a compelling story, with an actual character arc, and a […]

]]> 0 8693db9c6f83debb43d36a51759fc7cd Matthew Brown edited the blog post July 2026 Divestment in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/matts-stuff/projects-and-ideas/july-2026-divestment/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:40:36 +0100 July 2026 Divestment From time to time, I have to admit that I just have too many tabs open. Which means I am not likely to get back to them any time soon. When that happens, I […]

]]> 216e0867a49212ed5d64c1873c30b4a4 Blog: “The Wicked Ways of Our World” by Michael Tyler from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/editors-pick/the-wicked-ways-of-our-world/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:28:45 +0100 A brief, intimate flash about desire, faith, performance and regret, as a bedroom conversation turns into a reckoning with what gets hidden and what gets saved for […]

]]> 0 76cfb43b140590fbf17dc35796b1e43e Matthew Brown commented on the post, The email, social media, and IndieWeb Node I need (that will probably never exist), that I think authors would love, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-email-social-media-and-indieweb-node-i-need-that-will-probably-never-exist-that-i-think-authors-would-love/#comment-21880 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:17:52 +0100 I’ve started work on this. It may take a very long time.

]]> 47ca98ec7e59613e59f1994d482a009d Blog: The Golden Nugget from Litro Magazine in the group Litro https://www.litromagazine.com/fiction/the-golden-nugget/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:37:10 +0100 A found stone gives an isolated schoolboy the courage to invent a royal past. As the lie carries him into adulthood, its weight begins to change.
The post The […]

]]> 0 282bea4796c7820612f93dfe5e5e439f Blog: A Useful Woman, Darcie Wilde from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Useful_Woman__Darcie_Wilde.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2018 Regency mystery, first of a series, by Sarah Zettel writing as
Darcie Wilde. After her father’s business dealings came to ruin and he
fled with her elder […]

]]> 0 b235af599ab7cbdc982e6f678e45c34d Blog: What's Going On and The Leopard in My House by Mark Steel from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/07/whats-going-on-and-leopard-in-my-house.html Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:05:59 +0100 I picked up two autobiographical books by Mark Steel as I’ve always enjoyed his standup and various radio shows. What’s Going On details his experiences of being on […]

]]> 0 b9ff0891129b3872ce440bdfe7410cf0 Blog: With All Due Speed, Celia Lake from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/With_All_Due_Speed__Celia_Lake.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2022 romantic fantasy short stories, more scenes set after the
events of Eclipse.

]]> 0 53b4958c4bb1a6e821caacb198fa4320 Blog: The Wreck of a World, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/The_Wreck_of_a_World__W_Grove.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1890 scientific romance novella. In the far distant future of 1948,
the machines are revolting…

]]> 0 32b0f03cfb4c7ed1a982fd1bced18d20 Blog: The Waiting Games from Pratchat in the group Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://pratchatpodcast.com/2026/07/08/the-waiting-games/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:08:00 +0100 It’s another little episode about a delay – but this time, only until later this month! To tide you over, here’s a little bit cut from the full Discworld Noir cha […]

]]> 0 8a40eab5f8b0f293a4e86c7fb4de4473 Blog: Call the Dead Again, Ann Granger from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Call_the_Dead_Again__Ann_Granger.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1998 mystery, eleventh of Granger’s novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby
and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. A local lawyer and minor European
luminary has his […]

]]> 0 0123b3885dccef435cd3d0e23b120516 Matthew Brown edited the blog post You web writers have taught AI some truly terrible writing habits in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/reflections/writing-and-storytelling/you-web-writers-have-taught-ai-some-truly-terrible-writing-habits/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:50:38 +0100 You web writers have taught AI some truly terrible writing habits Web writers, the AI has been trained on your public work, and it shows. You all have taught AI some truly terrible writing habits HFY writers have […]

]]> ebfd00429ceef61f3e53ee1d85b3f553 Blog: Galactic Empire Declares War, Humanity’s Envoy Just Shrugged And Pulled Out a Newspaper from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/galactic-empire-declares-war-humanitys-envoy-just-shrugged-and-pulled-out-a-newspaper/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:54:34 +0100 0